Kangana Ranaut is currently gearing up for her upcoming mega project titled Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi. The film celebrates the courage, strength and passion of Rani Laxmibai as she led India’s fight for freedom ages ago. Along with Kangana Ranaut as Rani Laxmi Bai, the film also stars Jisshu as Gangadhar Rao, Atul Kulkarni as Tatya Tope, Sonu Sood as Sadashiv, Suresh Oberoi as Peshwa Bajirao II, Vaibhav Tatwawaadi as Puran Singh and debutante Ankita Lokhande as Jhalkaribai. Directed by Krish and written by Vijayendra Prasad, who wrote the screenplay for Baahubali franchise, the movie releases on Republic Day next year.

Recently, rumours have begun doing rounds which claim that there has been a fallout between the actress Kangana and director Krish after the shoot was completed without the presence of the director since he was busy with the NTR biopic. The rumours claim that Kangana had to step inside the director’s shoes to ensure the shoot is completed. When Mumbai Mirror asked her about this, Ranaut refuted the rumours saying, “Not true, we speak every day. Krish has another release on January 11, and could give dates only after that.After unveiling the first poster on August 15, we had the choice of coming on Republic Day or Independence Day, 2019. We decided to push for the former. The writers want certain transitional scenes shot before the release, I’ve assured the studio I won’t leave Manikarnika even if it means rescheduling dates and sacrificing personal time. We don’t want to bring another director on board nor do I want to take away anyone’s credit. It’s a huge responsibility, I broke down the other day.”